PEARL RIVER, NY—Pfizer, Inc. has signed a purchase-sale agreement for nearly 200 acres of its life science campus here with Industrial Realty Group, Globest.com has learned <b>EXCLUSIVELY</b>.

BURLINGTON, MA—The massive repositioning of the New England Executive Park here into “The District” will begin in earnest this summer with the construction of a new Marriott Residence Inn hotel, building upgrades, a new parking garage, and six new restaurants.

LANDOVER, MD—DC-area developer Matan Companies has acquired a more than 128,000-square-foot stand-alone warehouse building here.

NEW YORK CITY—The city's construction sector, which was battered during the recession, has recovered to a level where industry employment in Q1 came in at the second highest level in a quarter century.

BOSTON—Mayor Martin J. Walsh, as well as chief officials of New York City and London's housing programs, will discuss at a major real estate conference here on Friday how they plan to build affordable housing in their respective cities in coming years despite significant economic headwinds.

NEW YORK CITY—New York City developer Steven Wu has acquired the Edgewater Plaza office building on Staten Island for $21.5 million.

UPPER MARLBORO, MD—The Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation plans to convert the 108,000-square-foot building into a charter middle and high school.

WASHINGTON, DC—The Mount Vernon Triangle district has seen continued growth in multifamily development as well as retail and office leasing activity in the past year.